Contamination and disgust: A cross-national comparison of Ghana and the United States

The emotion of disgust, with feelings of revulsion and behavioral withdrawal, make it a prime emotion to aid in the avoidance of sources of contamination, including sources of potential infectious disease. We tested the theory that living in a region with a historically high prevalence of infectious...

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Main Authors: Alexander Jay Skolnick, Vivian Afi Dzokoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00091/full